6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap at Solera, Parkdale, 24/05/13. Murky mahogony brown with a thin beige head. Nose is hops, pine, grapefruit, bitter orange. Taste comprises tarte grapefruit, pine bite, hops, orange pith. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, hop bitterness in the finish. Ok - but not a great, the balance wasn’t quite there for me, a little too tarte and lacking the roast and subtle chocolate tones of a good CDA.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jun 2013
at 10:28
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at the Bridgetown Beer House, PDX, 25/05/13. Clear dark amber. Nose is juicy hops, bitter orange, caramel, pine. Taste comprises caramel malt, hops, good pine bite, bitter grapefruit, orange pith, tropicals, light sugar. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, hop bitterness in the finish. A well rounded/balanced IPA - good tackle!
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jun 2013
at 09:04
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Taster from tap at the Growler GuysGuys, Bend, 23/05/13. Pitch black with a good sized tan head. Nose is roast malt, dark chocolate, liqourice. Taste comprises roast malt, touch of booze, liqourice, sugars, bitter chocolate. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, dry roast finish. Decent enough Impy.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 May 2013
at 08:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pitch black coloured body with a dense, one centimetre tall light brown head and a tiny bit of brown coming through when held up to a light, but this one is like 95% opaque. Aroma of anise, licorice, fennel, roasted malt, alcohol and quite a bit of milk. Medium to Full-bodied; Deep roasty flavour with oatmeal, raisins, milk, anise, licorice and a bit of peanuts in the mix - strong as hell. Aftertaste shows a bit of a roasty vibe with a lot of anise flavours mixing with some lighter sugars. Overall, a strong and pungent stout, on the border of an imperial and normal stout, but the licorice and lack of pure sweetness is evident. Nice to try, and not my favourite stout, but still a good one to try! I sampled this sixteen ounce can purchased from Bottleworks in Seattle, Washington on 10-February-2013 for US$3.50 sampled at home in [the real] Washington on 11-May-2013.
Tried
from Can
on 11 May 2013
at 23:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
fort george vortex ipa cloudy orange, smooth beige head. flowery aroma, hoppy flowery, mild in a good way, flowery and quite hoppy flavor, good bitterness, well brewed well tasting ipa
Tried
on 02 May 2013
at 17:44
8.5/10
Huge ripe fruit, like biting into a sweet peach. Sweetness intensifies in the middle but never cloys. CRISP ORANGES WITH THE PEEL
Tried
on 26 Apr 2013
at 13:35
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gravity @ GBBF 2012, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.Unclear medium brown amber colour with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty notes, moderate to light heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, light cookies - biscuits. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120810]
Tried
on 11 Apr 2013
at 08:18
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Interested when I first read the name of the beer on the can. Super and I mean SUPER hazy golden coloured body with a large, dense, five centimetre tall white head - this looks like a glass of pure wort. Aroma of great fresh grapefruity, piney hops with some herbal notes, a ton of yeast and some nice mellow malts, but I don’t smell oats. Medium-bodied; Strong piney and citrus hops showing cascades with a lot of earthiness soon afterwards and a nice full-bodied finish that must be the oats. Aftertaste shows a more pronounced alcohol warmth with a ridiculous body that isn’t perceptable until after a sip. Overall, a very nice and well put together beer. For sampling tons of new styles and concoctions all the time, this one still surprised me and I thoroughly enjoyed it - I’ll try to find this more the next time I head to the PNW, as it’s a very good beer and I’m glad I brought it back home! I sampled this sixteen ounce can purchased from Bottleworks in Seattle, Washington on 10-February-2013 for US$2.75 sampled at home in [the real] Washington on 03-April-2013.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Apr 2013
at 21:39
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at Noble Fir, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, a bit of chocolate and some burnt notes - not very inviting. Flavour of slightly sweet chocolate malt, medium roasted malt and dry cocoa. Medium-bodied, with a dry roasty palate. Good stuff, but fairly standard impie stout.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Mar 2013
at 10:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can @ Home. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, burnt caramel, plums. Flavor is malts, wood, coffee, caramel, alcohol. Medium to full body, soft carbonation, alcoholic finish. 230313
Tried
from Can
on 24 Mar 2013
at 14:22